GOVERNMENT  OF  MAHARASHTRA

LAW AND JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT

MAHARASHTRA  ACT  No.  XXIV OF  2012.

THE  MAHARASHTRA  (CHANGE  OF
SHORT  TITLES  OF  CERTAIN  BOMBAY
ACTS) ACT, 2011.

(  As  modified  up  to  the  16th  August  2013)

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THE  MAHARASHTRA  CHANGE  OF  SHORT  TITLES  OF  CERTAIN  BOMBAY
ACTS ACT,  2011.

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CONTENTS.

PREAMBLE.

SECTIONS.

1. Short  title.

2. Amendment  of  short  titles  of  Bombay  Acts.

3. Citation  of  Bombay  Acts  to  stand  unmodified.

4. Construction  of  references  to  “Bombay”  and  “Greater  Bombay”  in  Bombay

Acts,  other  State  enactments  and  in  subordinate  legislations.

SCHEDULE.

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MAHARASHTRA  ACT  No.  XXIV  of  20121.

[THE  MAHARASHTRA  (CHANGE OF  SHORT TITLES OF  CERTAIN  BOMBAY ACTS), ACT,  2011]

[This  Act  received  the  assent  of  the  Governor  on  the  21st  August  2012;  assent
was  first  published  in  the  Maharashtra  Government  Gazette, Extraordinary,  Part  IV,
on  the 22nd  August,  2012]

An  Act  to  amend  certain  enactments  to  change  their  short  titles  from

“Mumbai  Acts”  to  “Maharashtra  Acts”.

WHEREAS it  is  expedient  to  amend  certain  enactments  to  change  their  short  titles
from  “Bombay  Acts”  to  “Maharashtra  Acts”,  to  facilitate  their  citation  in  future  by
more  appropriate  short  titles  and  clarify  their  applicaton  to  the  existing  Maharashtra
State  and  to  make  certain  consequential  and  incidental  provisions;  ;  It  is  hereby
enacted  in  the  Sixty-Second  Year  of  the  Republic  of  India  as  follows  :––

1. This  Act  may  be  called  the  Maharashtra  (Change  of  Short  Titles  of  certain

Short  title,

Bombay  Acts)  Act,  2011.

2.  The  short  titles  of  the  Bombay  Acts,  enacted  before  the  1st  May  1960,  specified
in  column  (4)  of  the  Schedule  appended  to  this  Act  shall  be  amended  and  shall  be
deemed  to  have  been  amended  with  effect  from  the  1st  May  1960  to  the  extent
specified  in  column  (5)  of  the  Schedule.

Amendment
of  short
titles  of
Bombay
Acts,

3.  Notwithstanding  the  amendment  of  the  short  titles  of  the  Bombay  Acts  specified
in  column  (4)  of  the  Schedule  by  section  2  of  this  Act.  the  citation  of  those  Acts  by
reference  to  the  year  and  number,  respectively  specified  in  columns  (2)  and  (3)  of  the
Schedule  against  those  Acts  shall  stand  unmodified.

Citation  of
Bombay
Acts  to
stand
unmodified.

4.  Unless  the  context  otherwise  requires,  any  reference  to  the  short  title  of  the
Bombay  Act  in  any  other  State  enactment  or  to  the  name  “Bombay”  or  “Greater
Bombay”  appearing  in  any  Bombay  Act  or  in  any  other  State  enactment,  or  in  any
rules,  regulations,  bye-laws,  schemes,  notifications  or  orders  or  in  any  other  instrument
made  or  issued  under  any  such  Bombay  Act  or  State  enactment  shall,  after  the
commencement  of  this  Act,  be  construed  as  a  reference  to  the  short  title  of  the  said
Bombay  Act  as  amended  by  this  Act  or  as  a  reference  to  “Mumbai”  or,  as  the  case
may  be  “Brihan Mumbai”.

Construction
of  references
to “Bombay”
and  “Greater
Bombay”  in
Bombay  Acts,
other  State
enactments
and  in
subordinate
legislation.

Sr.
No.

(1)

1

2

Year
of  the
Act

(2)

1864

1868

Act
No.

(3)

II

II

SCHEDULE

(See sections  2  and  3)

Short  titles  of  the
existing
Bombay  Acts

(4)

The  Bombay  Steam-
Vessels  Act,  1864.
The  Bombay  Ferries
and  Inland
Vessels  Act,  1868.

Short  titles  of  the
existing  Bombay
Acts  as  amended

(5)

The  Maharashtra  Steam
Vessels  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Ferries
and  Inland  Vessels  Act.

1 For  Statement  of  Objects  and  Reasons, see  Maharashtra  Government  Gazette,  Extraordinary  Part

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3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

(2)

1869

1874

1876

(3)

XIV

III

X

1876

XV

1882

VII

1883

V

1887

IV

1889

1904

I

I

1912

III

1918

VI

1920

VII

1923

I

1925

VI

1929

XVIII

1933

XXII

1936

XX

1938

XXII

1939

X

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Prevention  of  Gambling  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Village
Sanitation  Act.
The  Maharashtra
General  Clauses  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Race-
courses  Licensing  Act.

The  Maharashtra  Civil
Courts  Act.
The  Maharashtra
Hereditary  Offices  Act.
The  Maharashtra
Revenue  Jurisdiction  Act.
The  Maharashtra
Municipal  Debentures  Act.
The  Maharashtra
Landing  and  Wharfage
Fees  Act.
The  Maharashtra Public
Authorities  Seals  Act.

The  Bombay  Civil
Courts  Act,  1869.
The  Bombay  Hereditary
Offices  Act,  1874.
The  Bombay  Revenue
Jurisdiction  Act,  1876.
The  Bombay  Municipal
Debentures  Act,  1876.
The  Bombay  Landing
and  Wharfage
Fees  Act,  1882.
The  Bombay  Public
Authorities  Seals  Act,
1883.
The  Bombay  Prevention  of The  Maharashtra
Gambling  Act,  1887.
The  Bombay  Village
Sanitation  Act,  1889.
The  Bombay  General
Clauses  Act,  1904.
The  Bombay  Race-
courses  Licensing
Act, 1912.
The  Bombay  Disquali-
fication  of  Aliens
Act, 1918.
The  Bombay  Public
Conveyances  Act,  1920.
The  Bombay
Entertainments  Duty
Act, 1923.
The  Bombay  Betting
Tax Act,  1925.
The  Bombay  Borstal
Schools  Act,  1929.
The  Bombay  Live-stock
Improvement  Act,  1933.
The  Bombay  Opium
Smoking  Act,  1936.
The  Bombay  Forfeited
Lands  Restoration
Act, 1938.
The  Bombay  Lifts
Act, 1939.

The  Maharashtra
Disqualification  of  Aliens
Act.
The  Maharashtra  Public
Conveyances  Act.
The  Maharashtra
Entertainments  Duty
Act.
The  Maharashtra  Betting
Tax  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Borstal
Schools  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Live-
stock  Improvement  Act.
The  Maharashtra Opium
Smoking  Act.
The  Maharashtra
Forfeited  Lands
Restoration  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Lifts
Act.

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27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

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(3)

(4)

(5)

1942

XXVIII

1946

XX

1947

1947

III

XI

1947

XXVIII

1947

XLIII

1947

LXI

1947

LXII

1947

LXIV

1948

XXII

1948

XXXIII

1948

LXVII

1948

LXXIX

1949

XI

1949

XV

1949

XXV

1949

XXXII

The  Bombay  Land
Improvement  Schemes
Act, 1942.
The  Bombay  Electricity
(Special  Powers)
Act, 1946.
The  Bombay  Home
Guards  Act,  1947.
The  Bombay  Industrial
Relations  Act,  1946.
The  Bombay  Agricultural
Debtors  Relief  Act,  1947.
The  Bombay  Agricultural
Pests  and  Diseases  Act,
1947.
The  Bombay  Primary
Education  Act,  1947.
The  Bombay  Prevention
of  Fragmentation  and
Consolidation  of  Hold-
ings  Act,  1947.
The  Bombay  Forward
Contracts  Control  Act,
1947.
The  Bombay  Refugees
Act, 1948.
The  Bombay  Land
Requisition  Act,  1948.
The  Bombay  Tenancy
and  Agricultural  Lands
Act, 1948.
The  Bombay  Shops
and  Establishments
Act, 1948.
The  Bombay  Anatomy
Act, 1949.
The  Bombay  Nursing
Home  Registration
Act, 1949.
The  Bombay  Prohibition
Act, 1949.
The  Bombay  Bhagdari
and  Narwadari  Tenures
Abolition  Act,  1949.

The  Maharashtra  Land
Improvement  Schemes
Act.
The  Maharashtra  Electri-
city  (Special  Powers)  Act.

The  Maharashtra  Home
Guards  Act.
The  Maharashtra
Industrial  Relations  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Agricul-
tural  Debtors  Relief  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Agricul-
tural  Pests  and  Diseases
Act.
The  Maharashtra  Primary
Education  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Preven-
tion  of  Fragmentation  and
Consolidation  of  Holdings
Act.
The  Maharashtra  Forward
Contracts  Control  Act.

The  Maharashtra
Refugees  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Land
Requisition  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Tenancy
and  Agricultural  Lands
Act.
The  Maharashtra  Shops
and  Establishments  Act.

The  Maharashtra
Anatomy  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Nursing
Home  Registration  Act.

The  Maharashtra
Prohibition  Act.
The  Maharashtra  Bhagdari
and  Narwadari  Tenures
Abolition  Act.

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41

42

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44

45

46

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1949

XXXV

1949

LXII

1950

IV

1950

VI

1950

XXIX

1950

LX

The  Bombay  Land
Acquisition  Officers
Proceedings
Validation Act,  1949.

The  Maharashtra  Land
Acquisition  Officers
Proceedings  Validation
Act.

The  Bombay  Taluqdari
Tenure  Abolition  Act,
1949.

The  Maharashtra
Taluqdari  Tenure
Abolition  Act.

The  Bombay  Merged
States  (Laws)  Act,  1950

The  Maharashtra  Merged
States  (Laws)  Act

The  Bombay  Khoti
Abolition  Act,  1949

The  Bombay  Public
Trusts  Act,  1950

The  Maharashtra  Khoti
Abolition  Act.

The  Maharashtra  Public
Trusts  Act.

The  Bombay  Pargana
and  Kulkarni  Watans
(Abolition)  Act,  1950.

The  Maharashtra  Pargana
and  Kulkarni  Watans
(Abolition)  Act.

1951

XXII

The  Bombay  Police
Act, 1951.

The  Maharashtra  Police
Act.

1951

XXXVIII The  Bombay  State

Reserve  Police  Force
Act, 1951.

The  Maharashtra  State
Reserve  Police  Force
Act.

1953

XI

1953

XL

The  Bombay  Cinemas
(Regulation)  Act,  1953.

The  Maharashtra  Cinemas
(Regulation)  Act.

The  Bombay  Labour
Welfare  Fund Act,  1953.

The  Maharashtra  Labour
Welfare  Fund  Act.

1953

XLII

The  Bombay  Personal
Inams  Abolition  Act,  1952.

1953

XLIV

1953

L

52

1953

LXX

The  Bombay  Kauli
and  Katuban  Tenures
(Abolition)  Act,  1953.

The  Bombay  Land
Tenures  Abolition
(Recovery  of  Records)
Act, 1953.

The  Bombay  Service
Inams  (Useful  to
Community)  Abolition
Act, 1953.

The  Maharashtra
Personal  Inams  Abolition
Act.

The  Maharashtra  Kauli
and  Katuban  Tenures
(Abolition)  Act.

The  Maharashtra  Land
Tenures  Abolition
(Recovery  of  Records)
Act.

The  Maharashtra  Service
Inams  (Useful  to
Community)  Abolition
Act.

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1953

LXXI

54

1954

XXXIX

55

56

1955

XXI

1955

XXII

57

1955

XLVII

1955

LV

1956

II

The  Bombay  Merged
Territories  (Janjira  and
Bhor)  Khoti  Tenure
Abolition  Act,  1953.

The  Bombay  Merged
Territories  and  Areas
(Jagirs  Abolition)
Act, 1953.

The  Maharashtra  Merged
Territories  (Janjira  and
Bhor)  Khoti  Tenure
Abolition  Act.

The  Maharashtra  Merged
Territories  and  Areas
(Jagirs  Abolition) Act.

The  Bombay  Bhil  Naik
Inams  Abolition  Act,  1955.

The  Maharashtra  Bhil  Naik
Inams  Abolition  Act.

The  Bombay  Merged
Territories  Miscellaneous
Alienations  Abolition
Act, 1955.

The  Maharashtra  Merged
Territories  Miscellaneous
Alienations  Abolition  Act.

The  Bombay  Shilotri
Rights  (Kolaba)
Abolition  Act,  1955.

The  Maharashtra
Shilotri  Rights  (Kolaba)
Abolition  Act.

The  Bombay  Highways
Act, 1955.

The  Maharashtra
Highways  Act.

The  Bombay  Government
Premises  (Eviction)
Act, 1955.

The  Maharashtra  Govern-
ment    Premises  (Eviction)
Act.

1956

III

The  Bombay  Aerial
Ropeways  Act,  1955.

The  Maharashtra
Aerial  Ropeways  Act.

1956

XXXI

The  Bombay  Hindu
Places  of  Public
Worship  (Entry  Autho-
risation)  Act,  1956.

1956

XXXVIII The  Bombay  Molasses

(Control)  Act,  1956.

The  Maharashtra  Hindu
Places  of  Public  Worship
(Entry  Authorisation)
Act.

The  Maharashtra
Molasses  (Control)  Act.

1957

II

1957

V

1958

VIII

The  Bombay  Shetgi
Watan  Rights  (Ratnagiri)
Abolition  Act,  1956.

The  Maharashtra  Shetgi
Watan  Rights  (Ratnagiri)
Abolition  Act.

The  Bombay  Charged
Expenditure  Act,  1957.

The  Maharashtra Charged
Expenditure  Act.

The  Bombay  Commi-
ssioners  of  Divisions
Act, 1957.

The  Maharashtra  Commi-
ssioners  of  Divisions  Act.

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59

60

61

62

63

64

65

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66

67

68

69

70

71

72

73

74

75

76

77

78

79

1958

XL

1958

LX

The  Bombay  Electricity
Duty  Act,  1958.

The  Maharashtra  Electricity
Duty  Act.

The  Bombay  Stamp
Act, 1958.

The  Maharashtra  Stamp
Act.

1958

LXV

The  Bombay  Motor
Vehicles  Tax Act,  1958.

The  Maharashtra  Motor
Vehicles  Tax  Act.

1958

LXVII

1958

LXXXII

1958

XCVI

1958

XCIX

The  Bombay  Motor
Vehicles  (Taxation  of
Passengers)  Act,  1958.

The  Bombay  Lotteries
(Control  and  Tax)
and  Prize  Competitions
(Tax) Act,  1958.

The  Bombay  Relief
Undertakings  (Special
Provisions)  Act,  1958.

The  Bombay  Tenancy
and  Agricultural  Lands
(Vidarbha  Region)
Act, 1958.

The  Maharashtra  Motor
Vehicles  (Taxation  of
Passengers)  Act.

The  Maharashtra  Lotteries
(Control  and  Tax)  and  Prize
Competitions  (Tax)  Act.

The  Maharashtra Relief
Undertakings  (Special
Provisions)  Act.

The  Maharashtra Tenancy
and  Agricultural  Lands
(Vidarbha  Region)  Act.

1959

I

The  Bombay  Inferior
Village  Watans  Abolition
Act, 1958.

The  Maharashtra Inferior
Village  Watans  Abolition
Act.

1959

III

The  Bombay  Village
Panchayats  Act,  1958.

The  Maharashtra Village
Panchayats  Act.

1959

XXVI

1959

XXXV

The  Bombay  Non-
trading  Corporations
Act, 1958.

The  Maharashtra Non-
trading  Corporations  Act.

The  Bombay  Bandhijama,
Udhad  and  Ugadia
Tenures  Abolition
Act, 1959.

The  Maharashtra
Bandhijama,  Udhad  and
Ugadia  Tenures  Abolition
Act.

1959

XXXVI

The  Bombay  Court-fees
Act, 1959.

The  Maharashtra
Court-fees  Act.

1959

LVI

The  Bombay  State
Commissioners  of
Police  Act,  1959.

The  Maharashtra  State
Commissioners  of  Police
Act.

1959

LXXI

The  Bombay  Statutory
Funds  Act,  1959.

The  Maharashtra Statutory
Funds  Act.

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81

82

83

84

1960

1960

V

X

1960

XI

1960

XII

1960

XIX

The  Bombay  Warehouses
Act, 1959.

The  Maharashtra
Warehouses  Act.

The  Bombay  Prevention
of  Begging  Act,  1959.

The  Maharashtra
Prevention  of  Begging  Act.

The  Bombay  Drugs
(Control)  Act,  1959.

The  Maharashtra Drugs
(Control)  Act.

The  Bombay  Homoeo-
pathic  Practitioners’
Act, 1958.

The  Bombay  Khadi
and  Village  Industries
Act, 1960.

The  Maharashtra
Homoeopathic
Practitioners’  Act.

The  Maharashtra  Khadi
and  Village  Industries
Act.

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